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19 October 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard, has written to Borough Council chiefs calling for a 'review' of dropped kerbs throughout the Borough. full story |
18 October 2006 : Parliamentary Debate During Trade and Industry Questions, Mark Pritchard raises his concerns that 1,000 car tax discs go missing in the post each week and calls for urgent discussions between the DVLA, the Post Office and the Department for Trade & Industry to resolve the isse. full story |
18 October 2006 : Parliamentary Debate
Mark Pritchard uses the weekly debate on forthcoming business in the House of Commons to raise the issue of the disruption caused by the new traffic lights at the Ketley Brook and Trench roundabouts. full story |
18 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Transport Secretary to make a statement to the House on the use of sugar beet for biofuel production. full story |
18 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Transport Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks for an estimate of the number of driving licences lost or stolen in the Royal Mail postage system in 2005-06. full story |
17 October 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, will give his support to a lobby of Parliament by the National Federation of Sub Postmasters today (Wednesday). full story |
17 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Home Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about the number of Lithuanians who have settled in the UK since Lithuania's accession to the EU. full story |
17 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary how many Polish nationals are being held in prisons in England and Wales. full story |
17 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Health Secretary how many tattoos were removed by the NHS in 2005. full story |
15 October 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has offered his support to residents and traders in Albrighton who are trying to install CCTV in the village. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Work and Pensions Minister about the 36 per cent rise in unemployment in Shropshire and asks what is being done about it? full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for any recommendations made about capping donations made to political parties to equally apply to all donors. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Northern Ireland Secretary what timetable he has for the dismantling of terrorist structures, not least the IRA's security department and intelligence committee? full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Questioin In a written question to the Defence Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks how many UK serivce personnel have been killed and wounded since current UK deployments to Afghanistan began. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Defence Secretary to make a statement on the location of new 'super-garrisons'. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary for the estimated number of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants likely to enter the UK in 2007. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary how many Somalis were convicted of knife crimes in England and Wales in 2005. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about proposed reforms to the way statistics for migrant workers from EU countries are calculated. full story |
15 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary how many serving police officers from English and Welsh constabularies are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. full story |
11 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about measures taken to tackle housing association or pubic sector tenants who are involved in antisocial behaviour. full story |
11 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Transport Secretary about the number of UK registered commercial airlines which have installed smoke detection and fire suppressants in cargo holds. full story |
10 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard asks the Northern Ireland Secretary how many PSNI employees are working in Iraq and Afghanistan. full story |
9 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard raises concerns about the impact on migrating bird life of the proposed wind farm on the Isle of Lewis full story |
9 October 2006 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate about the North Korean nuclear test, Mark Pritchard calls for a debate about the use of a ballistic missile defence shield. full story |
9 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Home Secretary about measures to deal with human trafficking from China. full story |
9 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about measures to tackle money laundering by Turkish criminals living in the UK. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Church Commissioners' representative about the average age of bishops in the Church of England. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Secretary of State for International Development about UK aid to Armenia. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Defence Secretary how many UK personnel are serving at the HQ of the International Security Assistance Force. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Transport Secretary about car licence discs lost or stolen through the Royal Mail. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard questions the Transport Secretary over the use of biofuels in Government cars. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Transport Secretary about the timetable for completing the link road between the M54 and the M6/M6 toll road. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to make a statement about UK arms sales to China. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the progress of the European Constitution. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the progress of the European Constitution. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Foreign Secretary to make a statement about the political situation in Hungary. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on democracy in Singapore. full story |
8 October 2006 : Parliamentary Queston Mark Pritchard calls for a statement on the political situation in Thailand. full story |
6 October 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard MP for The Wrekin officially opened the 1.5 million pound Syan Data and Business Recovery Centre in Newport, Shropshire. full story |
2 October 2006 : News Release
Shropshire's chances of winning vital defence business and "retaining and securing defence jobs and other public sector jobs" could have been undermined because of plotting by West Midland's Labour MPs, that's according to Wrekin Conservative MP, Mark Pritchard. full story |
2 October 2006 : Photo Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, recently met with Rodington Parish Council to discuss a range of rural and village matters. full story |
28 September 2006 : News Release
That's according to Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard who is concerned that over-development of the lake could put bird species at risk. full story |
28 September 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has said that the governments decision to close the Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) at Sapphire House was evidence that the government "had not listened to the workforce's compelling case to stay in Telford". full story |
27 September 2006 : News Release
The MP will join five other speakers at the University to speak on the motion: "This House would scrap Britain's nuclear weapons". full story |
21 September 2006 : News Release
MP says that mental health services in County need to recognise "rural" as well as urban mental health problems. full story |
17 September 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, was guest of honour at Wellington Medical Practice, to open the recently refurbished patient treatment area. full story |
17 September 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to David Miliband MP, the Secretary of State for the Environment, asking the government to make water companies statutory conslutees in the planning process. full story |
16 September 2006 : Article
No-one I meet is against changing the way healthcare is delivered. Modern times mean adapting, evolving, and developing new ways in which local health services can be delivered. full story |
16 September 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has hit out at new plans by the Liberal Democrats which, he claims, would see property taxes soar throughout the County. full story |
15 September 2006 : News Release Newport MP, Mark Pritchard, has agreed to be the guest of honour at Newport Chamber of Commerce's Christmas dinner on December 18th. full story |
12 September 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, showed his support for local graduates full story |
11 September 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, visited Shifnal Primary School to present a Quality Award from the Basic Skills Council. full story |
10 September 2006 : News Release Council must listen to concerns over High Street Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has called upon Borough Council chiefs to undertake a "full review" of Newport's new High Street traffic calming arrangements. full story |
4 September 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has said that replacing Tony Blair with Gordon Brown "would give the Conservative Party a further boost in the polls" and he believed that the Chancellor "would not be able to shrug off his high tax reputation". full story |
3 September 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard, has called upon people throughout Newport to "make their views known loud and clear" as the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust begins its delayed public consultation over the future of acute hospital services. full story |
3 September 2006 : News Release
Shropshire's "excellent community relations record" could be underminded if the government fails to tackle "growing local concerns" over new inflows of economic migrants to the County, that's according to Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard. full story |
16 August 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has called British Sugar's conditions of the new contract to Shropshire farmers "a complete betryal of local sugar beet growers". full story |
15 August 2006 : News Release
Later this year, probably in the Autumn, the government will decide the fete of RAF Cosford's future. full story |
7 August 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to Defence Secretary, Des Browne MP, asking the government "to extend the three year lease of life" the government has given to the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO)at Donnington, citing the commitment of ABRO's "loyal" workforce and "growing military deployments". full story |
1 August 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has "welcomed" the news that 70 jobs that were due to be cut at the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) at Donnington in his constituency are to be saved after the government cited "a changing world environment", which includes increasing deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. full story |
31 July 2006 : News Release
Newport MP, Mark Pritchard, has said that "there may be a case to answer" to the Local Government Ombudsman following Telford & Wrekin Borough Council's "debacle" over the High Street reconfiguration. full story |
31 July 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, is to Chair a public meeting to discuss "ways in which future flooding may be avoided" in Albrighton. full story |
30 July 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, has written to Labour's Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt MP, "protesting" about plans to downgrade children's services at the Princess Royal Hospital. full story |
25 July 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard has called upon Telford & Wrekin Council to ensure that the borough's cyclists and motorcyclists are "fully considered and consulted" over any plans to deal with the borough's melting roads. full story |
24 July 2006 : Photo Mark Pritchard MP, joins Mps for Ludlow, Shrewsbury & Atcham and North Shropshire to discuss local policing matters and national police policy. full story |
23 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on a ballistic missile defence shield and whether Britain could be the third site sought by the USA. full story |
23 July 2006 : Parliamentary Debate During a debate on the Welfare Reform Bill, Mark Pritchard highlights concerns about rising unemployment in Shropshire and discusses the two distinct roles of policing benefits and seeking work. full story |
18 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Pritchard asks him what steps he is taking to oversee the efficient development of defence policy. full story |
17 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Health Secretary to make a statement on mental health services in the West Midlands. full story |
17 July 2006 : Speech Mark Pritchard leads a debate on defence sector jobs in Shropshire and champions RAF Cosford's case in the Defence Training Review. full story |
17 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question During Health Questions about hospital cleanliness, Mark Pritchard asks about MRSA and other superbugs and condemns closure of the only isolation unit in Shropshire at the Princess Royal Hospital. full story |
17 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard asks the PM if, given that the Government is "doing everything we can" why he has not spoken to President Assad of Syria? full story |
13 July 2006 : News Release Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, will chair a meeting of local sugar beet grower repetitive and the National Farmer's Union to discuss British Sugar's plans to close the Allscott sugar beet factory in April 2007. full story |
13 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mark Pritchard asks about legal measures the Government has in place to intervene should a catastrophic breakdown of computer systems occur. full story |
12 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard highlights the rise in unemployment in Shropshire over the past year. full story |
12 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question, Mark Pritchard asks the Health Secretary about the costs to NHS Trusts of removing tattoos. full story |
10 July 2006 : News Release
Mark Pritchard has called upon government defence ministers to give more support to Newport's Combat Stress charity. full story |
10 July 2006 : Article Labour should scrap its plans to merge local police forces. full story |
10 July 2006 :
Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, joined Albrighton traders on Saturday at the Albrighton Fair in support of RAF Cosford's bid to become the future for Defence Training in the UK following the government's ongoing Defence Training Review. full story |
10 July 2006 : Photo Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard, hands in a petition in support of Defence jobs in Shropshire. full story |
10 July 2006 : Parliamentary Debate
During a parliamentary debate on the Intelligence and Security Committee's Annual Report, Mark Pritchard asks the Home Secretary about key lessons learned since 7/7. full story |
9 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In view of the sharp increase in unemployment in Shropshire, Mark Pritchard calls on the Ministers at the Department for Work and Pensions to put pressure on the Defence Secretary to safeguard Shropshire's defence sector jobs in the defence training review. full story |
9 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a debate on the UK three-year commitment to deployment in Afghanistan given that the Defence Committee's report states that they "do not believe it will prove possible to complete the reform of the security and justice institutions in Helmand within the three-year commitment" full story |
9 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Defence Secetary, Mark Pritchard asks for the timetable for withdrawing the Clansman radio from service with UK armed forces. full story |
9 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Mark Pritchard calls for a statement on possible standards for reduced ignition propensity cigarettes to be introduced under the EU’s General Product Safety Directive. full story |
9 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Health Secretary, Mark Pritchard calls for an assessment of fertility services in Shropshire. full story |
6 July 2006 : News Release Mark Pritchard to Visit Flood Victims Wrekin MP, Mark Pritchard is to visit flood victims in Albrighton today at noon full story |
6 July 2006 : News Release
Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard has tabled an Early Day Motion in Parliament calling on British Sugar to provide transitional financial relief and investigate the possibility of Allscott being used as a bio-fuels facility which can use sugar beet as a raw material. full story |
5 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for urgent action by the Government to create co-operatives with farmers to deliver biofuels using sugar beet. full story |
5 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for a House of Commons debate on unemployment in Shropshire to highlight a 30% increase in unemployment since May 2005 and the importance to local jobs of RAF Cosford. full story |
5 July 2006 : Speech Mark Pritchard highlights and pays tribute to the work of defence organisations in Shropshire. He also raises his concerns about the haemorrhaging of forces personnel to private security forces and calls for the Government to look at the pay and conditions of service personnel when serving overseas. full story |
5 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Mark Pritchard asks about filtering of BBC World programmes in China. full story |
4 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Foreign Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks about UK Government support for free Belarus radio. full story |
3 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question
Mark Pritchard calls for Armed Forces Minister to face MPs his planned changes to the Defence Logisitics Organisation - which will mean job losses in Shropshire. full story |
3 July 2006 : News Release Shifnal and Albrighton MP, Mark Pritchard, hosted a meeting in Parliament this week (Wednesday 5th July) to agree the "next stages" of the campaign to keep and expand jobs at RAF Cosford. full story |
3 July 2006 : News Release Sugar Decision will Impact County Birdlife Migrating birds could also be lost to the County if the Allscott Sugar Beet factory closes, according to local MP Mark Pritchard. full story |
3 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to press for Telford and Wrekin Council to make provision for adult homelessness. full story |
2 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls on the Government to properly fund cathedral repairs in recognition of the wider role played by our cathedrals as centres used by the whole community. full story |
2 July 2006 : Parliamentary Question In a written question to the Defence Secretary, Mark Pritchard asks what assessment has been made of the merits of an in-house bid as part of the Defence Training Review. full story |
26 June 2006 : Parliamentary Question Mark Pritchard calls for the Foreign Secretary to make a statement on the human rights situation in Afghanistan. full story |
